Recode Decode: "Hamilton" producer Jeffrey Seller

Decoder with Nilay Patel

Vox Media Podcast Network

Technology, Business

4.3 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 11 July 2016

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

"Hamilton" lead producer Jeffrey Seller talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about how the hit Broadway musical goes forward now that three of its stars — Lin-Manuel Miranda, Leslie Odom Jr. and Phillipa Soo — have taken their final bows. Seller says he avoids or doesn't understand much of Silicon Valley's tech obsessions, and praises the power of live theater as an antidote to gadget addiction. He explains how "Hamilton" and Ticketmaster have tried to thwart ticket-buying bots behind the scenes, and reflects on some of his other Broadway productions, including "Rent" and "In the Heights." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today's sponsor is Casper, an online retailer of premium mattresses for a fraction of the price.
0:05.5	Get $50 toward any mattress purchased by visiting Casper.com slash Recode and using the promo code Recode.
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0:13.8	Recode Radio presents Recode Decode, hosted by Cara Swisher, powered by digital media.
0:21.4	I am Cara Swisher, executive editor of Recode.
0:24.9	You may know me as the person who is writing a hip-hop musical about Donald Trump,
0:28.2	but in my spare time I talk tech and you're listening to Recode Decode,
0:32.0	a podcast about tech and media's key players, big ideas, and how they're changing the world we live in.
0:36.8	You can subscribe to Recode Decode at iTunes.com slash Recode Decode, and while you're there, leave us a review.
0:42.8	Today in the Red Chair is Jeffrey Seller, the lead producer of a little musical you might have heard of called Hamilton.
0:48.8	He also co-produced Rent, Avenue Q, and In The Heights, and I am an enormous fan of all his shows.
0:55.2	We spoke in New York City just days before the final performance of Hamilton's original cast,
1:01.1	which took place this past weekend. Jeffrey, welcome to the show.
1:04.9	Thank you Cara. I'll be the first person to come to your backer's audition for your hip-hop.
1:09.7	Okay.
1:10.4	Donald Trump. Thank you so much. I mean, you know, right now he just, I just was reading in New York Times article,
1:15.1	he said he might not be present if he wins.
1:18.0	So now I think he's just fucking with us at this point.
1:20.5	He literally said that. He's a performer, right?
1:22.4	I think he may lend himself to Broadway.
1:24.7	He's gonna be better than he lends himself to the white house.
1:26.4	There's gonna be some opera. Why don't you think? They'll be some kind of...
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